Lux Aeterna to land first reusable satellite in Australia
Denver-based Lux Aeterna announced plans Dec. 17 to land its debut reusable satellite at the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia, shortly after launching on a SpaceX rideshare mission in…
Comet 3I/ATLAS Has A Green Glow In New Color Images From Gemini North
Gemini North captured new images of Comet 3I/ATLAS after it reemerged from behind the Sun on its path out of the Solar System. The data were collected during a Shadow…
ESA’s XMM-Newton Examines Comet 3I/ATLAS Prior to Closest Earth Passage Friday
Everyone’s favorite interstellar comet posed for one more portrait recently. The European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton mission nabbed 3I/ATLAS on December 3rd from about 283 million kilometers distant. This comes as…
Speed, risk, and the future of national security space
In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss moderates a timely panel discussion at the Spacepower conference on how commercial space capabilities are reshaping national security, civil space, and…
Max Space unveils plans for commercial space station
Max Space, a startup developing expandable module technologies, plans to build a commercial space station that could launch on a single Falcon 9 rocket. The post Max Space unveils plans…
Why Most Exoplanets Are Magma Worlds
In astronomy, there is a concept called “degeneracy”. It has nothing to do with delinquent people, but instead is used to describe data that could be interpreted multiple ways. In…
Rocket Lab set to launch Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experiment
The STP-S30 mission will test flat, disk-shaped smallsat design for sustained operations in very low orbit The post Rocket Lab set to launch Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experiment appeared…
Digantara raises $50 million to expand from space surveillance to missile defense
Digantara Industries, an Indian space situational awareness company, has raised $50 million as it expands into the United States and pursues opportunities in missile defense. The post Digantara raises $50…
Wildfire smoke lofted miles high could have an unexpected effect on Earth’s climate
New measurements demonstrate that smoke particles in the upper atmosphere are twice the size of lower-altitude ones.
NASA IXPE’s Longest Observation Solves Black Hole Jets Mystery
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Two composite images show side-by-side observations of the Perseus Cluster from NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer) and Chandra…